Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Wang Deshun Proves That Age Is Not The Limit

83-year-old Wang Deshun (王德顺) first making headlines for his stint on the runway in 2015. He shot to fame and was dubbed China’s hottest grandpa.

83 year old runway model

With a physique like a Renaissance sculpture and hipster beard, he looks better than most men much younger than him. So how exactly did he do it? Is it the food he eats or the exercise regime that he follows?

王德顺 fashion

Wang Deshun first joined a local gym at the age of 50 and determined to set aside time each day to exercise in a bid to fight mental and physical stagnation. He exercises up to four hours a day, a fitness regime not all of us can follow.

王德顺 work out at gym

Wang Deshun proves to the world that we don’t have to age with weaken body and mind. All of us have the same capacity to take in every moment available to us to live a positive and healthy lifestyle.

现年83岁的王德顺于2015年首次登上时尚走秀之后一炮而红,被誉为中国最帅的爷爷。

他的身型像文艺复兴时期的雕塑,留着时髦的胡须,大多数比他年轻的男人还不够他帅。那他到底是怎么做到的呢?是他吃的食物还是他遵循的运动方式?

王德顺50岁时首次加入当地一家健身房,并下定决心每天必须抽出时间来锻炼身体,以抗击身心停滞及老化。他每天锻炼大约四个小时,并非所有人都能遵循这样的健身方式。

王德顺以行动向世界证明,我们不必因衰弱的身心而衰老。我们每个人都有相同的能力来过个积极健康的生活。

Saturday, 13 February 2021

Donnie Yen vs. Wu Jing At CNY

First time watched Donnie Yen and Wu Jung (Jacky Wu) in their epic battle was in the movie SPL (2005) also known as Kill Zone. Both were in their prime and put on quite an extreme fight with fast moving and hard hitting moves.

Wu Jing


15 years later, the duo once again collide, this time in a performance for the Chinese New Year Eve celebration.


Although there is none of the violence that we see in the movie, their performance were equally entertaining with speed, intensity and poetic moves.

第一次看到甄子丹和吴京(Jacky Wu)决斗是在电影[杀破狼](2005)中。当时年他们俩都处于巅峰状态,并以快速的武打招数和激烈的动作来一场生死之战。

15年后,两人再次有机会切磋,但这次是在中国除夕庆祝活动中。

两人表演无论在速度,强度和诗意的移动方面同样令人着迷。果然宝刀未老!

Sunday, 7 February 2021

Andy Lau's Social Media Presence Is A Hit

douyin

Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau has broken record by getting over 50 million followers on Douyin (China’s video-sharing social networking service)in less than a week’s time after opening the account.

Prior to this, Lau had never been active on social media. Not too sure what made him changed his mind recently to open his first Douyin account.

Within 24 hours after setting up the account, Andy Lau was followed by more than 24 million followers! With the rate he is going, he could become one of the most followed individuals on Douyin ever. 

Andy Lau had posted five videos since 27th January 2021 and has received a total of 87 million likes.

Andy Lau is one of the old-school superstar who previously said he won’t spend time on online communications. “Only using text creates no warmth, I don’t know how to communicate with others by that means,” he was previously quoted as saying.

So what makes him changes his mind? Just like traditional retails chose to have online shopping platform to survive, it looks like the show business is not spared from the devastation caused by Covid-19. It is not hard to understand that it is now more than before that celebrity needs to have online presence in order to stay relevant and not forgotten by their fans.

斗音

In his 40-year career in showbiz, Andy Lau has acted in more than 160 films, made nearly 80 music records and invested in about 30 film projects.


开户后不到一周的时间,香港巨星及四大天王之一的刘德华(Andy Lau)打破了纪录,在斗音(中国的视频共享社交网络平台)上吸引了超过5,000万名粉丝。

在此之前,Lau从未活跃于社交媒体上。开设帐户后的24小时内,刘德华的关注者超过2400万!以这个速度计算的话,他可能会成为有史以来最多追随者的人之一。

自2021年1月27日以来,刘德华(Andy Lau)发布了一共五个视频,总共吸引到了8,700万个赞。

刘德华(Andy Lau)是属于老派的超级巨星之一,他以前曾表示他不会浪费时间在网络交流。他曾说过:“我不知道该如何仅使用文字与他人交流,因为这种沟通方式缺乏亲切感。”

在娱乐圈40年的职业生涯中,刘德华(Andy Lau)演过160多部电影,制作了近80张音乐唱片,并投资了约30个电影项目。

Sunday, 31 January 2021

Goh Chok Tong Stays Positive

Singapore Prime Minister

Former Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong noted on social media that “Every day is a bonus,” despite suffering from radiation dermatitis from the treatment sessions that he finished last week.

Radiation dermatitis, or radiation rash or burns, is one of the most common side effects of cancer treatment radiotherapy.

It happens when the outer layers of a person’s skin is affected by radiation therapy.

About 95 per cent of those who undergo radiation therapy experience some form of dermatitis, such as redness, skin dryness, or skin peeling.

Most of these symptoms can be treated at home with skin creams applied onto affected areas for soothing effect.

The 79-year-old Mr Goh continue to live life positively, saying that he will get the Covid vaccine when his turn comes.

Goh Chok Tong is also looking forward to the release of the second part of his authorised biography, “Standing Tall.” His intention is to launch the book in late April or early May of this year, just in time for his 80th birthday.

The former Prime Minister also wrote that the book has been read by PM Lee Hsien Loong and another friend, who described it as “enjoyable.”

The first volume of his biography, ‘Tall Order: The Goh Chok Tong Story’, was released late in 2019 and covered his life until he became Singapore’s second Prime Minister in 1990.

The second volume is expected to cover the years of his premiership from 1990 to 2004.

Goh Chok Tong had a big shoe to fill in when he took over from the legendary Lee Kuan Yew. Most didn’t expect him to do well especially when they use Lee Kuan Yew as the benchmark. Goh Chok Tong would went on to prove his critics wrong by leading Singapore for 14 years through recessions, terrorist attacks, electoral setbacks and the epidemic of a virus.


新加坡前总理吴作栋最近在社交媒体上指出,“每天都要感恩”,尽管他上周结束癌症治疗过后皮肤敏感。

79岁的吴先生继续过着积极的生活,他补充说当轮到他时将愿意接种Covid疫苗。

吴作栋也期待发行他传记的第二部分“,,Standing Tall”。他的打算是在今年四月下旬或五月初,在他80岁生日时发行这本书。

前总理还写道,李显龙总理和另一位朋友已经读过这本书,他们形容这本书“很有趣”。

吴作栋从传奇的李光耀手中接棒时不被大多数人看好,尤其是他们将他与李光耀为做比较。吴作栋以成绩证明他的真正实力,他执政新加坡十四年,经济增长迅速成为亚洲四小虎之一。

Wednesday, 27 January 2021

Uncle Roger Clarifies His Position

Nigel Ng
Uncle Roger's favourite expression: "Haiyaa!"

Internet celebrity Uncle Roger recently got himself into trouble after his video featured another YouTube star who has been vocal in his criticism of the Chinese government. Uncle Roger subsequently remove the video from the internet.

Critics had accused Uncle Roger – he is a Malaysian comedian and his real name is Nigel Ng, of bowing down to pressure from China last week after a video he made with vlogger Mike Chen from the Strictly Dumpling channel was removed from his YouTube channel.

Uncle Roger apologizes
The video with Mike Chen that got Uncle Roger into trouble.

In a new video posted to YouTube on January 16, Uncle Roger clarified: "I hate drama ... I just want to make funny vigeos (he means videos).”

"I don't want to be involved in anything else - no politics, no drama. Uncle Roger love making people laugh. It's about entertaining people, no matter where they come from, and respecting everyone's culture.”

"For the record, Uncle Roger make zero dollars from Chinese social media so to see my nieces and nephews say I like RMB more than MSG really break Uncle Roger’s heart." RMB is an acronym for renminbi, China's currency - also called the yuan.

Uncle Roger also addressed his critics on Instagram, posting: "I'm not bowing down to anyone. Especially not to all the hate comments I'm getting. So if you're thinking of sending me nasty things, save your time and just hit the unfollow button."

The whole drama began last week when a video entitled "Uncle Roger Reviews Ugliest Dumpling Ever" was removed by Uncle Roger himself, who said was not aware of Mike Chen's political leanings nor his previous criticism about the Chinese government when he collaborated with the food vlogger. He admitted on Weibo - China's Twitter - that the video had created a "bad social impact".

"My staff and I would like to express our sincerest apologies to everyone," Nigel Ng said. "Considering the seriousness of this issue and the negative impact of the video itself, we discussed internally and decided to take it down from all platforms."

Malaysian comedian
Nigel Ng ~ the man behind the alter ego Uncle Roger

Nigel Ng shot to fame last year when a video he posted to YouTube criticising a BBC recipe for egg fried rice went viral. It was the right timing as the entire world went into lock down when Covid-19 pandemic hit.

Tuesday, 26 January 2021

A Singaporean Fitness Success Story

We all seen how people achieve greatness through hard work and perseverance. Most of these stories come from celebrity who have the star power to motivate all their fans. However, most of us can’t relate to the lifestyle of the celebrities especially we are just yet another common working people who are time poor in this busy world. Perhaps, if one of us ‘common people’ can also made it, then it will surely be a great motivation for us. Such is the following story of a common Singaporean. Gerald Koh’s before and after photos showing his body transformation have created a buzz in the internet world.

physical fitness challenge

before and after

Gerald used to be tired all the time and found it tough even for simple tasks like walking up a flight of stairs. He was then very concerned about the risk of cardiovascular disease. He was the subject of humiliation among his peers at NS and university for his appearance.

Health and personal ego forced him to make a change with his life. He learned from YouTube videos on basic weight lifting programme. Gerald also research on healthy diet and started eating more whole-food as opposed to processed junk meal.

Gerald strongly believes that as long as one follows the basics of a balanced diet, active lifestyle and sufficient rest, positive transformation is guaranteed and life will surely change for the better.

Gerald’s secret recipe of fitness success is setting short-term goals for himself that are achievable without affecting his daily schedule too much. He believes that if his goal is too unrealistic, he would give up middle of the way.

Start with baby steps to gain momentum, your body will then adjust and crave for more rigorous exercise and you keep on adding on resistance progressively. There is no short cut to great body, just the good old persistence and patience. 

muscular Asian man

我们都看过别人如何通过努力和毅力实现惊人的健身效果。但这些故事大多数来自名人,而他们和我们这般打工族人很多方面都有很大的差别。也许,如果我们其中一个“普通百姓”也能做到这一点,那么这无疑将成为我们的一大推动力。接下来要讲一个普通新加坡人的故事。Gerald Koh在社交媒体展示了他身体转型前后照片之后,引起了一阵轰动。

Gerald以前时常觉得很累,就连基本上楼梯等简单任务上也觉得很难。那时,他非常担心以后会有心血管疾病的风险。他的外表也受到他同学们的侮辱和讥笑。

健康和自尊使他决定要改变自己的生活。他从YouTube视频里学习基本的举重计划。他也研究健康饮食。

他坚信,只要保持均衡饮食,积极的生活方式和充足的休息,就可以保证有突破的转变,生活肯定会变得更好。

Gerald健身成功的秘诀就是为自己设定短期可以实现的目标,又不会影响太多他的日程安排。他认为,如果他目标太不实际,他恐怕会半途而废。